Ararahih'urípih
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áak in the fire

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #16 | revised Jun 26 2014

áak • N • in the fire

Derivation:  áah-k  (= áah-a-k)
fire-LOC  (= handle.fire-DEVERB-LOC)

  • póomuusti pootáxraati pa'áak utkírih. When he looked at his arrowhead-attaching, he looked into the fire. [Reference: WB T36.7]

See áah 'fire' See -k 'Locative'

Sentence examples (8)


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  1. kári    xás    upíip    kach-kach-kach-kach    xás    áak    chanchaaksúrak    u'árihrupuk   
    then    think.about    he.said    kach-kach-kach-kach    then    in.the.fire    roof-hatch    he.rushed.outdoors   
    Then he said, "katch-katch-katch-katch," and up through the smokehole he flew out of the house.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bluejay, Medicine-Man" (DAF_KT_03) | read full text

  2. pa'áhup    uum    áak    tu'íinka   
    the.wood    3.SG    in.the.fire    it.is.burning   
    The wood is burning in the fire.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about possession, locatives; words for consonants and accent (VS-08) | read full text
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  3. xás    káan    úyruuhriv    áak    upiivkírihtih   
    then    there    he.lay    in.the.fire    he.was.putting.his.feet.in.fire   
    And he lay there, he stuck his feet in the fire.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text

  4. kári    xás    pa'áhup    áak    u'êethripaa   
    then    then    the.stick    in.the.fire    he.took.it.out   
    Then (one of them) took a stick out of the fire.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text

  5. kári    xás    áak    úkuukirih   
    then    then    in.the.fire    he.stuck.it.into.fire   
    And he stuck a stick in the fire.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text

  6. póomuusti    pootáxraati    pa'áak    utkírih   
    when.he.looked.at.it    that.he.was.attaching.arrowheads    into.the.fire    he.looked.into.the.fire   
    When he looked at his arrowhead-attaching, he looked into the fire.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Why Towhee Has Red Eyes" (WB_KL-36) | read full text

  7. kári    xás    vaa    áak    tá    kunpathríimkurih   
    then    then    that    in.the.fire    PERF    they.make.it   
    And they spread (the hide) over the fire.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bear Hunting" (WB_KL-71) | read full text

  8. kári    xás    víri    pamukunxúskaamhar    víriva    áak    tá    kunsímku    ánam    múuk   
    then    then    so    their.bows    so    in.the.fire    PERF    they.heated.bows    medicine    with.(by.means.of)   
    Then they heated their bows by the fire, with medicine.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Elk Hunting" (WB_KL-72) | read full text